Georgia university filling the stomachs of students in need

On the campus of Georgia
Southwestern State University there is a closet filled with food ranging from
cheerios to canned goods, ready to fill the stomachs of students in need.

"They may not realize
what kind of situation they are in right now and us providing some meals for
them can certainly help them in other ways not necessarily providing money
towards food but maybe help them pay some of their other bills," said Josh
Curtin, food pantry organizer.

Joshua Curtin spearheaded
the effort to create the on-campus food pantry to help students who run out of
meals on their meal plan, or who cannot afford food.

He says the goal of higher education is to
feed the mind, but the body must also be fed.

"As you can see we
have some cans and some baked goods and breakfast items and what not, it's an
opportunity to get a good meal and it's all sponsored through the GSW community
The feed the future food
bank program is modeled after other food banks at other colleges and
universities across the U.S.

"I kind of mirrored
the Kennesaw State University program and it's called the same exact thing so
they had a lot of success with it, so they kind of gave me some parameters and
guidelines and I said "hey we need to do it here at GSW," said Curtin.

"Just to help the
students on campus, there is the need there and if students are in need we definitely
need to help them out, there is always things to be done and you should get
involved," said Lauren Miller, GSW student.

Donations are needed now
as the semester winds down and students tend to run short on money.

"So we kind of
anticipate that we are going to see a lot more students here, so as the program
begins to expound and students hear about it, that's when we anticipate, but we
want to be ready, so we're still stoking our shelves,' said Curtin.